. Arctic explorations: the second Grinnell expedition in search of Sir John Franklin, 1853, '54, '55. dverse currents,and did not reach the neighborhood of Wilcox Point,which defines Melville Bay, until the 27th of July. On the 16th we passed the promontory of Swarte-huk, and were welcomed the next day at Provenby my old friend Christiansen, the superintendent,and found his family much as I left them threeyears before. Frederick, his son, had married a nativewoman, and added a summer tent, a half-breed boy,and a Danish rifle to his stock of valuables. Myformer patient, Anna, had united fortune
. Arctic explorations: the second Grinnell expedition in search of Sir John Franklin, 1853, '54, '55. dverse currents,and did not reach the neighborhood of Wilcox Point,which defines Melville Bay, until the 27th of July. On the 16th we passed the promontory of Swarte-huk, and were welcomed the next day at Provenby my old friend Christiansen, the superintendent,and found his family much as I left them threeyears before. Frederick, his son, had married a nativewoman, and added a summer tent, a half-breed boy,and a Danish rifle to his stock of valuables. Myformer patient, Anna, had united fortunes with a fat-faced Esquimaux, and was the mother of a chubbylittle girl. Madame Christiansen, who counted all theseand so many others as her happy progeny, was hearty 30 S W A R T E - H U K. oi and warm-hearted as ever. She led the household insewing up my skins into -various serviceable garments;and I had the satisfaction, before I left, of completingmy stock of furs for our sledge parties. While our brig passed, half sailing, half driftmg, upthe coast, I left her under the charge of Mr. Brooks,.
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